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# How to use Heatmap

The Heatmap shows you where your animals have been spending their time, plotted on the map as a honeycomb grid (hexagonal cells). Dark orange means animals camped or grazed heavily in that spot. Light orange means they passed through. Grey means little to no recorded activity. It's a quick way to see grazing pressure, camp areas, and underutilised pasture at a glance.

Heatmap is available from Mobs, Animals, Virtual Paddocks, and Physical Paddocks — select any record and activate it from the toolbar. Only available in the web app. It's not currently supported on the mobile app yet.

## Heatmap on Mobs

**Step 1.** Open the **Mobs** panel and tick the checkbox next to the mob you want to view. The toolbar at the bottom of the screen will become active.

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**Step 2.** Tap the **heatmap** icon in the bottom toolbar. The hexagonal heatmap overlay will appear on the map for the selected record. The heatmap panel appears at the bottom right, showing the **Period** date range, a timeline slider, the record name, and a colour legend showing activity from low to high.

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**Step 3.** Zoom in to see finer detail. Each hexagon represents a geographic cell — the colour intensity shows how much time animals spent in that cell during the selected period. Orange and dark hexagons are high-activity areas; lighter grey hexagons are low-activity.

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**Step 4.** To change the period, tap the **Period** dropdown in the bottom-right panel. Choose from **Yesterday**, **Last 7 Days**, **Last 30 Days**, or **Custom** to set a specific date range. The heatmap updates automatically. To temporarily hide the heatmap overlay without deselecting the record, tap the **eye** icon next to the record name in the panel.

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## Heatmap on Animals

**Step 1.** Open the **Animals** panel and tick the checkbox next to the animal you want to view. Tap the **heatmap** icon in the toolbar to load that animal's movement history over the selected period.

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**Step 2.** Zoom out to see the full picture across the paddock. The hexagonal grid contracts to show broader movement patterns across the animal's range over the selected period.

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## Heatmap on VPs and Physical Paddocks

The heatmap also works on **VPs** and **Physical Paddocks**. Select a VP or physical paddock from its respective panel and tap the heatmap icon. This is particularly useful for assessing how evenly animals have grazed within a paddock — you can quickly spot underutilised corners, preferred camp areas, or consistent pressure on a particular zone.

**Step 1.** Open the **VPs** or **Physical Paddocks** panel and tick the checkbox next to the record you want to view. Tap the **heatmap** icon in the toolbar. The hexagonal overlay will appear within the boundary, coloured by grazing intensity over the selected period.

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**Step 2.** Zoom in to see grazing distribution in detail. High-intensity hexagons reveal where animals spend most of their time, while lighter areas show underutilised pasture.

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## Summary

The hexagonal Heatmap gives you a clear, data-driven view of animal movement and grazing pressure across your property. Use it on mobs for a flock-level overview, on individual animals to spot outliers, and on VPs or physical paddocks to assess how evenly pasture is being utilised. Adjust the period to compare behaviour across different timeframes and use the eye icon to toggle the overlay on and off without losing your selection.

v1.0, 6/2026